Re: Problem to connect to a database

ACT! 8.0 (2006) was not designed to run on a Windows 7 operating system, so I would believe your issue to be incompatible software.

Something to try:

Since ACT! is still on the computer, I would 'assume' that you upgraded XP to Windows 7 - opposed to wiping the hard drive and installing Windows 7. The update would have changed your file path structures - and the path that the database resides in would have changed, while ACT! and SQL would still be looking for the database in the original location.

Browse to the location of your database and rename the '*.PAD' file (ex: *.PAD. old'). Then double click on the *.ADF file to open ACT! and the database. This will create a new PAD file.

Re: Problem to connect to a database

When ACT! opens and says it couldn't locate the last database, use the Open Database option and browse to the ADF. You'll need to change the 'Files of Type' to see the ADF. Select it and see if it will open.

Re: Problem to connect to a database

when I do that, I have this message "act is going to verify the database. This operation may take a few minutes...and when I click on "ok" there is an error message "act" who said "database "act8..."(=name database) already exists.

durant this last error message, act searck like it's indicate in the first message but nothing arrive; there is just the error message who stay.